LINCOLN, R.I. -- Twin River will mark its progression to a full-scale casino with an invitation-only event Friday, June 14 at the new table gaming area inside the Lincoln facility.

LINCOLN, R.I. -- Twin River will mark its progression to a full-scale casino with an invitation-only event Friday, June 14 at the new table gaming area inside the Lincoln facility.

Rhode Island voters last fall approved a referendum allowing the slot parlor to install table games. Twin River is investing $7 million in the expansion. It began moving blackjack tables, roulette wheels and other table games -- 65 in all -- into the facility last week. Casino employees are in the final stages of table-game training.

The tables games will shut for two days after the June 14 party, reopen for low-limit betting June 17 for up to 24 hours and shut down again for a day.

The casino will host a charity blackjack tournament June 19 to begin full-time operation.